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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
2
A readable note lists rates for line-based classifieds at five and six cents per line, with per line charges of five and ten cents appearing across the pricing lines. The snippet shows incremental pricing details for column listings.
The county reports rising influenza cases especially among children. Schools have closed and Malvern restricts public gatherings. Despite fears, fatalities are low and residents are urged to take precautions, avoid panic, and care for themselves while awaiting better conditions. The article also recounts the history of the 168th Infantry from Iowa National Guard origins to World War I service.
The war is over but more than 2,000,000 American soldiers in Europe require feeding and clothing for years. Cost to equip one soldier abroad runs about 423 dollars per year, per War Department estimates. Treasury Secretary McAdoo says financing peace will follow wartime funding, with at least one and possibly three government loan issues anticipated.
The U S Food Administration after talks with advisory boards and packers will maintain a December minimum price of 17.50 for hogs. Iowa State swine specialist John M Byard says average prices may reach about 17.75, aided by cheaper corn. He notes emphasis on hogs weighing 226 pounds and up, with lighter hogs held back for 30 days and foreign shipments expected to absorb surplus.
Walnut owners may keep trees and logs as the war era advertising campaign ends. The ordinance department and the bureau of ar lest production notify the forestry department at Iowa State College that walnut stumpage sale is back on the commercial market. They thank owners and the lumber trade for cooperation during the national emergency and state the land sale is effective immediately.
Letters from Iowa servicemen recount five days of fierce fighting around Sergy, prison camps, and seaborne journeys to France. They describe travel hardships, rough French towns, and promotions to sergeant as they await further movements with the Big Show.
Fifth Avenue in New York will host grand homecoming parades for American soldiers. The Fifth Avenue Association will decorate blocks to symbolize the Avenue of the United States. Governors and state committees from Rhode Island Missouri Idaho Indiana Florida New Mexico Wyoming Montana Pennsylvania Iowa Kansas West Virginia Mississippi North Carolina Nebraska Oklahoma Arizona will participate, per Des Moines Capital.
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